Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kuwait
Kuwait: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 10.9 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kuwait, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kuwait is 10.9 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kuwait peaked at 24.85 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 10.9 1000 ha, in 2022.
Kuwait ranks 97th of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24.85 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 24.85 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 24.84 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 17.21 1000 ha | -30.7% |
| 1996 | 15.13 1000 ha | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 13.44 1000 ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 12.46 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 11.73 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 11.73 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11.28 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 11.19 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 11.15 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 11.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11.11 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 11.08 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 11.05 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 11.04 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 11.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11.03 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 11.01 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 11.01 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11.01 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.98 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 10.97 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 10.96 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 10.9 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 10.9 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.23 1000 ha, 3.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 10.9 1000 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 425.86 1000 ha, 3% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -30.7% | 24.84 1000 ha | 17.21 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.06 1000 ha | 11.73 1000 ha | 24.85 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11.18 1000 ha | 11.04 1000 ha | 11.73 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.02 1000 ha | 10.98 1000 ha | 11.04 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.94 1000 ha | 10.9 1000 ha | 10.97 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 94 Portugal 12.36 1000 ha compare
- 95 Nepal 11.28 1000 ha compare
- 96 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 10.92 1000 ha compare
- 98 Antarctica 10.16 1000 ha compare
- 99 Poland 9.64 1000 ha compare
- 100 Bangladesh 8.52 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Kuwait
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -57.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -61.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kuwait?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kuwait was 10.9 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 24.85 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Kuwait rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Kuwait ranks 97th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.